Meteorite Showers in July-August

July and August are known for their meteorite showers.

What are meteorite showers and when will be best to see them?

We might have a romantic picture of a falling star, but actually falling or shooting stars are not really stars, the ones that are light years away from us, and they don’t really fall!

Meteorite showers happen a few times a year, at certain and known times, when earth, in its orbit around the sun, passes through a sort of cloud of little rocks (meteorites).

For us, observing from earth, these little particles, together with the earth’s  movement, looks like many little stars shooting in the skies leaving a red trail.

These clouds of particles are fixed, so every year almost at the same time, earth will pass though them.

July and August have the most meteorite showers, so actually if we lift our heads up in the summer, and wait long enough, we might catch a “shooting star” or two… but if we  want to really be impressed we better try to observe them on the nights of the meteorite shower’s peak – when dozens of shooting stars light up the skies.

This year’s Meteorite Shower Peaks:

*July 28th

*July 30th

*August 13th

*August 18th

It is best to look for them in as dark as possible environment – not from the city – if possible, and it is recommended to look to the eastern horizon – but it is not necessary, since the showers encompass all of the skies.

Enjoy – and don’t forget to make a wish!